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Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. [1] It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. [ 2 ] It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturday of the month from April through to November. [ 3 ]
Many club enthusiasts, supported by the local council, have campaigned for the return of speedway and stock car racing to the stadium. [38] In early 2022, an organisation advocating the return of motorsport to the site, Save Coventry Speedway, proposed to the council that speedway be restored to the stadium, along with a museum and restaurant. [39]
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses. It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It originated in the southern United States and later spread to Japan; its largest governing body is NASCAR.
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Just to the north of the village is Brandon Stadium, also known as the Coventry Stadium, which was used for speedway racing, greyhound racing, [1] and stock car racing before being sold with the intention of house-building on the site. The stadium was home to the Coventry Bees speedway team.
The World Championship is an annual competition started in 1955 for BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars.It is the premier championship of the formula and the winner is granted the honour of racing with a gold roof and wing until the next World Final, and if desired they can race under number 1.
Stock car racing was brought to Britain at the New Cross Stadium, London on 16 April 1954. Taking place on existing greyhound or speedway tracks, the cars were mostly road cars from the 1930s with locked rear axle differentials and added armour for contact racing.
Coventry Stadium held BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars from 1954 until 2016, the longest serving track in the UK to race continuously. [147] The first meeting was held on 30 June 1954, the first heat being won by Percy 'Hellcat' Brine, he also won the meeting Final. Up to the end of 2013, the stadium had held 483 BriSCA F1 meetings. [148]